1927 in association football

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1927 throughout the world.

Events

 * Cardiff City FC become the first football team from outside England to win the FA Cup beating Arsenal FC 1-0 in the final. The goal was scored by Hughie Ferguson who was played by Gary Dobbs in the 2007 Welsh TV recreation of the famous match.
 * May 24 – Chilean club Universidad de Chile established
 * November 1 – Peru plays its first ever international match. In Lima the hosts are beaten by Uruguay: 0-4.

Club formed in 1927

 * A.S. Roma
 * FC Dynamo Kyiv

Winners club national championship

 * Denmark: B93
 * England: Newcastle United
 * Greece: Regional Championships:
 * EPSA (Athens) Panathinaikos
 * EPSP (Pireas) Olympiacos
 * EPSM (Thessaloniki) Iraklis
 * EPSP (Patras) A.P.S. Olympiakos Patras


 * Iceland: KR
 * Italy: no championships
 * Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes: Hajduk Split
 * Paraguay: Olimpia Asunción
 * Poland: Wisła Kraków
 * Scotland:
 * Division One: Rangers F.C.
 * Scottish Cup: Celtic F.C.
 * Turkey: Muhafızgücü

International tournaments

 * 1927 British Home Championship (October 20, 1926 – April 9, 1927)
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 * 1924-28 Nordic Football Championship (June 15, 1924 – October 7, 1928) 1927: (June 19 – October 30, 1927)
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 * South American Championship 1927 in Peru (October 30, 1927 – November 27, 1927)
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Births

 * January 18 – Werner Liebrich, German international footballer (died 1995)
 * January 23 – Frank Bee, English professional footballer (died 2010)
 * January 26 – Victor Mees, Belgian international footballer (died 2012)
 * January 28 – Karl Bögelein, German international footballer and coach (died 2016)
 * March 1 –George Davies, English footballer
 * March 2 – Erol Keskin, Turkish international footballer (died 2016)
 * March 27 – Karl Stotz, Austrian international footballer and manager (died 2017)
 * April 1
 * Walter Bahr, American soccer player (died 2018)
 * Ferenc Puskás, Hungarian international forward (died 2016)
 * April 6 – Harry Beitzel, Australian football umpire, broadcaster (died 2017)
 * April 30 – Johann Zeitler, German footballer (died 2018)
 * May 2 – Víctor Rodríguez Andrade, Uruguayan international footballer (died 1985)
 * May 3 – Günter Schröter, East German international footballer (died 2016)
 * May 9 – Juan José Pizzuti, Argentine footballer and manager (died 2020)
 * June 16 – Ya'akov Hodorov, Israeli international football goalkeeper (died 2006)
 * July 22
 * Bernard Bonner, Scottish professional footballer (died 2005)
 * Dagoberto Moll, Uruguayan footballer and manager
 * August 20 – Derek Jackman, English footballer (died 2017)
 * October 14 – Emil Pažický, Slovak international footballer (died 2003)
 * October 19 – Hans Schäfer, German international footballer (died 2017)
 * December 5 – Omar Oscar Míguez, Uruguayan footballer (died 2006)